Investor

Cherry Ventures

5 startups on the board, 3 hiring now. cherry.vc ↗

Backed The Exploration Company's Series CSept 2026
Backed Telli's SeedJul 2026
Backed Alta Ares's Series AJun 2026

Hiring now

The Exploration CompanyDefence & Space

Building Europe's reusable capsule and a 180-ton-thrust rocket engine, both in-house.

Alta AresDefence & Space

Autonomous air defense interceptors, with an Airbus Defence and Space partnership and offices from Paris to Kyiv.

TelliAI

Voice AI handling millions of calls for brands like Sky and 1KOMMA5°.

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Roles at Cherry Ventures-backed startups

Cloud EngineerBuild the same cloud on AWS and SecNumCloud-qualified infrastructure for a spacecraft maker, down to audit evidence.Bordeaux · On siteThe Exploration Company3d

3D & Visual Content ArtistShape the visual identity of air-defense interceptors, at a company that grew revenue 40x this year.Paris · On siteAlta Ares4d

Founding Enterprise AEFirst enterprise seller in France. Open Paris and Marseille, close six-figure deals, write the playbook the next sellers inherit.Telli1w

Contract ManagerDrive change notices from request to signature on institutional space contracts, and define the process for catching extra effort.Munich The Exploration Company2w

Procurement Manager, Thermal ProtectionSource the thermal protection for a reusable capsule, from supplier scouting to contract award, reporting to the Procurement Team Lead Physical Design.BordeauxThe Exploration Company2w

MLOps EngineerBuild the ML platform behind AI-guided drone interceptors, from training pipelines to Nvidia Jetson edge deployment. Revenue grew 40x this year.Paris · On siteAlta Ares3w

Bid & Project Manager, EU & NATOTurn NATO and EU counter-drone tenders into compliant bids, then deliveries. Several run at once, with a sales director owning the customer.Paris · On siteAlta Ares3w

Lead French Public AffairsSole public affairs lead in France, advising the CEO and Chief Government Officer. No team, no hierarchy.The Exploration Company4w

Talent Acquisition Specialist, GTMHire the sales team for air defense interceptors across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Revenue up 40× this year.Paris · On siteAlta Ares4w

Project Security OfficerBe the single security contact for Nyx, Europe's reusable capsule, from concept to operations, across suppliers, engineers and Mission Operations.BordeauxThe Exploration Company5w

MCO ManagerBuild air-defense maintenance from scratch at a startup growing revenue 40x.Blagnac · On siteAlta Ares5w

Propulsion Data & Modeling EngineerBridge design and hot-fire testing for Nyx propulsion. Write the Python tools that anchor fluidic models to test data.BordeauxThe Exploration Company6w